WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -While Athena, also known by Athene, is the goddess of wisdom and Ares is specifically the god of war, both are widely known, mythological war gods. However, Ares and Athena achieved very different reputations among ancient Greeks despite both being associated with war.

Detailed explanation-2: -Athena’s moral and military superiority to Ares derives in part from the fact that she represents the intellectual and civilized side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, whereas Ares represents blood lust.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ares is most famously known as the God of War. He was the first child of Zeus and Hera, and had a further three siblings: Eileithyia, Hebe and Hephaestus. Athena, the goddess of war, was his half-sister.

Detailed explanation-4: -In ancient Greek religion, Athena was a goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason. Essentially urban and civilized, Athena was probably a pre-Hellenic goddess later taken over by the Greeks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.